Rourkela: 1 person injured in bomb explosion

One person was injured when a sealed packet containing some explosive blew up accidentally in a court complex in Rajgangpur, about 35 km from in Rourkela, police said.

One person was injured when a sealed packet containing some explosive blew up accidentally in a court complex in Rajgangpur, about 35 km from in Rourkela, police said on Tuesday.

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The explosion took place at Judicial Magistrate (first class) court in Malkhana where the packet was about to be produced as an evidence in a 2005 group clash case, the police said, adding a court staff, Rabindra Dora sustained minor injuries in his leg.

The packet contained around 50 gms of sulphur and five kg of gun power, which were seized from Sundergarh district, they said.